AIESEC conference this past weekend! What does this mean? Learn a lot. Meet a lot of people. Have a lot of fun. (What’s AIESEC? Click here)
Rowdies West Regional Conference Fall 2011
But first you have to get there. This conference was in Milwaukee- supposedly an hour and a half drive from Madison. I was supposed to drive 6 people in one of my friend’s minivans, and while I was a little nervous about driving (us college kids walk/bike/bus/run… we are a little rusty when it comes to operating motor vehicles)– I felt like I was prepared. I had directions printed off, and I knew who was supposed to be in my car.
Our Car. (Photo by Logan)
You’d think it would have all gone smoothly, but about 20 minutes into driving to the express way, I get a call. “Hi umm Katie where are you guys? I’m at the Memorial Union!” Shit. I forgot someone. So I turned around the van, and picked up the person I left behind.
On the road again. We decided to go a different way than the directions said to get to the freeway because we though it was faster. Little did we know, the route we took put us going the WRONG DIRECTION on I-94. When one of the passangers first observed that we were headed the wrong direction, the rest of us were in denial for a good minute or two until someone pulled up the map on their smartphone (thank god for technology).
Luckily- the fact that we went about an hour out of our way happened to be a blessing in disguise. I am pretty sure I acted like I had just won an Olympic gold medal or something because there– at the end of the exit ramp– was CULVERS.
True Love.
Yes, I do claim to be a healthy eater… and yes I ususally avoid fast food and gorging myself on crap. But all self-control left me as I went into auto-pilot and sped quickly into the Culver’s parking lot. I stood their drooling (literally– a waterfall of saliva pooring from my mouth) as I ordered. “Can I please have a chicken tender value basket with a chocolate shake?” (Yes, I got a shake too. You read that correctly.)
We then all piled back into the minivan, and happily chowed down on our Culver’s as we turned the correct way onto the freeway. After quite the adventure (and nearly a 3 hour car ride) we made it to the hotel in Milwaukee where we would spend the weekend.
My sister Sarah was there, and it was great to see her (yes, she joined the AIESEC cult bahahha). I was also lucky enough to be taken out for my birthday dinner by the rest of my family!
Nerdy Sisters
The conference was awesome. Very tiring, but awesome. It’s weird how AIESEC conferences really inspire you to do work, but also are super fun. I would go into details, but I think that AIESEC conferences are something you “had to be there” to understand…
After a dream-like weekend (it sort of felt like I had entered into some alternate reality… hard to explain), we were on the road back to Madison. This time- we made it without forgetting anyone… and didn’t have to turn around at all!
Our Local Committee (Photo from Logan)
I had two exams this week, which are now finally complete– and I feel like I can finally breathe again! This semester is going great, and I think I am finally starting to find balance between things that are important to me.
<3 Katie
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